Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Massachusetts

2017 Osha 300

Springfield, MA · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2017 Osha 300 runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

2017 Osha 300: 10.9 TCR = 330% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2017 Osha 300 safety composite

2017 Osha 300 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

2017 Osha 300: 10.9 → 615.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 615.4 TCR · DART/TCR 28.28× in 2018

2017 Osha 300's TCR rose 604.5 from 10.9 in 2017 to 615.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 28.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Springfield, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 330% of ind

  • DART 307.7 DART
  • RANK #24/26
  • PHOTO ApMar USA, inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ApMar USA, inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2017 Osha 300 in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 2017 Osha 300 averages 10.9 TCR (330% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

2017 Osha 300 TCR series: 2017=10.9 · 2018=615.4 · BLS 3.3

Where 2017 Osha 300 falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 26 Electroplating metals and form employers in Massachusetts.

2017 Osha 300 (32 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 2017 Osha 300
2017 Osha 300 (32 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

2017 Osha 300 has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2018 615.4 307.7 3 1 0
2017 10.9 3.6 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MA · Springfield

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 215 employers in Springfield, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR ApMar USA, inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waterbury Plating, LLC 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BARRY AVENUE PLATING CO INC 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Metal Technologies, Inc. 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gradiant Corp 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE FirstLight Power 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fore River Energy Center 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Williams Building Company, Inc. 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMC - Baystate Medical Center 8,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMP - Baystate Medical Practices 1,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC d/b/a MGM Springfield 1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMF - Baystate Medical Practices 1,746 FTE
NAT-TCR The Bridge At Farmington 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR John W. Thrower Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Heartland Ag - Iowa 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Reading Electric Motor Service Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 490 High Street 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springfield 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10 - Theisen's - Charles City 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE P&D Electric of Hudson Valley, Inc. 32 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.